Farmer refuses to watch ex-SI, the crop of stray cattle is shot at

KANPUR: Stray cattle are now posing a serious threat to law and
order situation in the region. A 60-year-old farmer was allegedly
shot at and injured after a retired sub-inspector of police
allegedly opened fire at him for refusing to guard his field from
stray cattle in Churbura village under Kotwali
police area in Mahoba district on Wednesday
night.
As per police, a farmer, Moolchandra, who had gone to his fields
to guard crop from stray cattle, was allegedly asked by the retired
SI, Ram Sajeewan Prajapati,
who owns 14 to 15 bighas of agricultural land in the village, to
also guard his crop from stray animals.

“When Moolchandra refused, the SI opened fire at him from his
licensed gun, leaving the farmer injured,” said Inspector Kotwali
Amit Bhadana. The injured farmer has been admitted to the district
hospital and his condition is out of danger, he added.

Police have initiated investigation after receiving a complaint in
this regard. “We will take the farmer’s statement, besides we are
also awaiting his medical report. Once the probe is over, we will
register a case against the guilty under relevant sections of IPC,”
police said adding the SI was being questioned.

Police added that following the incident, police and PAC were
deployed in the village.

Stray cattle are causing havoc in agricultural fields in the region
in the ongoing rabi season these days. The farmers sow wheat, gram,
mustard and pea in the ongoing season.